Carpet-stretcher



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J ERRY. E. ROBINSON, OF SPRINGFIELD,MASSACHUSETTS.

CARPET-STRETCH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,631, dated July 25,1882.

Application filed April 27, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JERRY. E. ROBINSON, of Springfield, in the county ofHampden and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Oarpet-Strctchers', of which the following is aspecification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

Heretofore carpet-stretchers have been complicated and expensive, and,being large and clumsy, were difficult to operate, and the means oftaking hold of the floor and carpet have been objectionable.

My invention consistsin so constructing the device that it is convenientto handle, and in so arranging the spurs that those in one end will bearagainst the floor, and those in the other will engage with the carpet atwhatever angle the stretcher may be held.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a top and Fig. 2 a sideview of mydevice.

The construction is as follows: I make the stretcher of wood, as Ideemit the best. Other material may, however, be used. I make it of theshape shown. It willreadily be seen that this particular shape is notthe essential, the object being to obtain a leverage. I deem, however,the shape shown the most convenient, it being light and easily graspedin the hand. I make the ends wide to give a good bearing surface, and toprevent too much strain on a small surface of the carpet. The wood ormain part is represented in the drawings by theletter H. This I shape asshown. In one end I place the spurs d at an angle, as shown, this beingfor the purpose of having thepoints bear against the floor. at all timeswhile the stretcher is in use. The other end is also provided withspurs,which are shorter and nearer together for the purpose of engagingin the carpet. These spurs may either be set directly in the wood orplaced in iron casings which are fastened to the wood H. For ordinaryuse a stretcher of about ten inches in length and fouror five inches inwidthis found most convenient.

The method of using is as follows: One edge of the carpet having beenfastened, the stretcher is placed beneath the carpet, near the extremeedge, in the position shown in Fig. 2, the letters t t representing thecarpet. It will be seen that the spurs d willbearin the floor andprevent the device slipping back ward, while the spurso effectuallyprevent the escape of the carpet. Theend 0, being grasped by the hand,is borne downward, and, acting as a lever, draws the carpet in thedirection in which it moves.

In its use the operator may, if found more convenient, kneel upon thecarpet, and thus hold it while the end 0 is again raised, the wholedevice drawn forward, and the operation repeated. When sufficientlystretched the carpet is held or tacked temporarily back of thestretcher. The stretcheris then remove and the edge fastened.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a carpet-stretcher consistingof the piece H, provided with spurs d to engage in the floor and spurs 0to engage in the carpet, substantially as shown.

2. The piece H, shaped as shown, in combination with pieces 0 and i,said pieces being provided with spurs, substantially as shown.

3. A carpet-stretcher consisting of a piece, H, having spurs at each endprojecting at an angle, substantially as shown.

JERRY. E. ROBINSON.

Witnesses ALLEN WEBSTER, B. H. ROBINSON.

